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打擾了

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Mandarin · pinyin dǎ rǎo le

sorry to interrupt you, but ...
sorry to have bothered you
sorry, I have to go
(slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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了: le · to finish; particle of completed action
扰: rǎo · disturb, annoy, agitate

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3–3–5 · da3 rao3 le5

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(literally) sorry to bother you; sorry to interrupt; sorry to disturb you
(slang, neologism, humorous) used to joke that one is leaving a conversation as one cannot tolerate the pretentious behaviour of the interlocutor

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